News Thats Used

Tuesday September 9, 2003

Criminal charges were filed by Federal Prosecutors against a man who had himself shipped by air in a crate from New York to Dallas to visit his parents. Charles D. McKinley was charged with stowing away on a cargo jet.

McKinley, a 25-year-old shipping clerk at a New York warehouse, journeyed overnight about 1,500 miles by truck, plane and delivery van before startling his parents by popping out ...

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A volcano has enough power to shoot ash as high as 50 km into the atmosphere.

During World War II, Uncle Bens was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.

Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

Quips

Our next song is: "Angels We Have Heard Get High."

Filed Under: Church Notices

Sign seen in a bar: "Those drinking to forget, please pay in advance."

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The Vicar is on vacation. Massages can be given to the Church Secretary.

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Fun Book Titles

How to Feed Elephants
- by P. Nutts

My Years in a Lunatic Asylum
- by I. M. Nutty

The Barber of Seville
- by Aaron Floor

Falling from a Window
- by Eileen Dowt

All Aboard!
- by Abel Seamann

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Good Question

If a fly has no wings would you call him a walk?

Why do you need a drivers license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?

How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?

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World Firsts

Richard Johnson is the 1st Vice President chosen by the United States Senate. It happened during the Van Buren administration.

Wednesday February 8, 1837

Filed Under: → Politics

Edward of Caernarion, later Edward II, becomes the 1st Prince of Wales.

Monday February 7, 1301

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The 1st appearance of cholera happens in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Monday February 6, 1832

Filed Under: → Medicine

Events

Relatives of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who died this week are giving her the last word with a sassy, occasionally profane obituary that starts with the basics, "I was born. I lived. I died.", and instructs people to "Wait the appropriate amount of time" before trying to claim her stuff.

They wrote it in Jean Oddi's perspective, recapping the people important to her, adventures she had and her favorite activities, including playing cards and teaching her granddaughter "dirty songs".

Thursday February 23, 2017

Filed Under: → Deaths

A father and son in Alabama were killed when they crashed into each other in a head-on collision. Jeffrey Morris Brasher and his son Austin Blaine Brasher of Bankston, Alabama, died early Saturday morning.

Jeffrey Brasher was driving a 2006 Ford pickup and his son was driving a 2004 Chevrolet truck when they collided on a highway head-on, said Alabama State Trooper Jonathon Appling.

Saturday February 18, 2017

Filed Under: → Deaths

The man known as the 'Crocodile Hunter' died after his chest was punctured by a stingray barb while diving off Australia's northeast coast. The 44 year-old colourful personality was filming a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef when tragedy struck.

According to friend and colleague, John Stainton, Steve Irwin swam too close to the ray while he was diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef, northeast of Port Douglas.

Monday September 4, 2006

Filed Under: → Deaths